Lap insert tunnel ip cath at St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital
1604 Rock Prairie Road, College Station, TX · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1942294939
$88.55
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$506.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$278.30 with Health Smart vs $18,992.38 with NX Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Health Smart | Commercial|All Plans | $278.30 | ↑ +214% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Plans | $283.36 | ↑ +220% |
| Humana | Commercial|All Plans | $308.66 | ↑ +249% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $430.10 | ↑ +386% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Ref Lab | $506.00 | ↑ +471% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|CHIP | $1,987.07 | ↑ +2144% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,026.81 | ↑ +2189% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $2,026.81 | ↑ +2189% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,086.42 | ↑ +2256% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|All Other Plans | $2,086.42 | ↑ +2256% |
| BCBS | Medicaid|STARKIDS | $2,086.42 | ↑ +2256% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STAR | $3,735.69 | ↑ +4119% |
| Wellpoint | Medicaid|STAR | $3,735.69 | ↑ +4119% |
| SUPERIOR | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,391.42 | ↑ +4859% |
| UNITED | Medicaid|STARPLUS | $4,470.91 | ↑ +4949% |
| KELSEY | Medicare|All Plans | $4,981.36 | ↑ +5525% |
| PGT | Medicare|All Plans | $5,726.94 | ↑ +6367% |
| AETNA | Medicare|All Plans | $5,843.81 | ↑ +6499% |
| BCBS | Medicare|All Plans | $5,843.81 | ↑ +6499% |
| UNITED | Medicare|All Plans | $5,960.69 | ↑ +6631% |
| AMERIVANTAGE | Medicare|All Plans | $6,019.12 | ↑ +6697% |
| United | Commercial|Exchange | $6,094.00 | ↑ +6782% |
| SCANHealth | Medicare|All Plans | $6,252.88 | ↑ +6961% |
| ACH | Commercial|All Plans | $6,720.38 | ↑ +7489% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Premier | $6,767.19 | ↑ +7542% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|Blue Advantage HMO | $6,815.53 | ↑ +7597% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|HMO | $7,250.57 | ↑ +8088% |
| Cigna | Commercial|Local Plus | $7,855.00 | ↑ +8771% |
| BCBS-TX | Commercial|PPO | $7,975.62 | ↑ +8907% |
| Ambetter | Commercial|All Plans | $8,473.52 | ↑ +9469% |
| Wellpoint | Commercial|Exchange | $8,765.72 | ↑ +9799% |
| Bright Health | Commercial|All Plans | $9,059.95 | ↑ +10131% |
| Entrust | Commercial|All Plans | $10,214.08 | ↑ +11435% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $10,723.00 | ↑ +12010% |
| Wellpath | Commercial|All Plans | $11,323.15 | ↑ +12687% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $11,958.00 | ↑ +13404% |
| Ellwood | Commercial|All Plans | $17,531.43 | ↑ +19698% |
| NX Health | Commercial|All Plans | $18,992.38 | ↑ +21348% |
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Lap insert tunnel ip cath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $7,238.41 | $85.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $7,238.41 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $8,445.25 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $7,238.41 | $1,888.85 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $8,445.25 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $7,238.41 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $7,238.41 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $8,445.25 | $71.00 – $14,293.73 |